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VOL. V]
BARNWELL, 8. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1884,
For
With Jeweled fln^elVP ,(d a ‘ >f in prayer
A woman stands ^rjAhite face wan andi
set.
And look* into the and dumb,
Bbo holds a letter ci? lc<1 ln fa cr hand, '
The tell-tale meeev broken faith,
And all is dark wla* 11 before was light
All things are cha° : l be world is at an
end;
And life Is lost. f/° ve ha s come and gone.
There is a grief lrf“ a11 ( l e *crt-dry,
Where sorrow’s i n K 'car-drops never fall;
Where God binHf’' Powerless to help, :
And naught Is If? * lve t(, r but the grave.
Tho gathering lij 0 ' crumbling years may
como i
And settle on h/ ro,v bnos of gray,
Ifut time can. (r beal this wound—her.
_ fate
To die in youti' 1 > ct be doomed to live
And walk th<r r,l i ln darkness, seeking
death [
Ohl ye whose/; have trod this weary path
Whoso wrecl^ n< i ruined lives line tnick
the way
Lp Love's gpeminence—I pray you tell
Is not what /'* l ® call our life a death
W'ben Love’' a J" u * with n Judas kiss?
—test McGoffey in the Current
>K1> BLADES.
Yov-onry Hayloid experienced
^-acu dtliculty in finding, in his some
what coilractcd sphere of operations,
a vocation which would yield a pleasl
urable, not tc say remunorativo return.
One day. after having experimented
with quite a lumber of “callings,” in
cluding a mill attempt in tho n pulpit,
he heard thal a school teacher was
greatly needed in a far removed dis
trict, known ks ‘Tanter YY'alk." Ho
had begun tb< study of veterinary sur
gery, but noticing very much taken
with tho profusion, ho decided to go at
once to “Panpr YY’alk" and begin tho
much needed iourse of instruction. Ar
riving, ho fouid a small log school
house sparscll supplied with benches.
The farmers yiom ho consulted agreed
that a school ?as the very thing they
needed, but tht no one could expect
much “of a shwin’ till arter the crops
was laid by." This was certainly dis
couraging, bu as young Hayloid had
nothing else in view, ho decided to
stay and talc his chances. YAhen
school openl, only two “scholars”
made their ppoarance, the family
property of oh Jim Socklaster. One
was a “gangpg” boy, whoso awk
ward form and’ecklessness of gait had
won him tho Ipellation of “Windin’
Blades.” Th^irl, tall and with a dis
position to riup, was rather good-
looking, and are around her hair a
blue ribbon—ien streak of civiliza
tion.
“And what I your name?” asked
tho teacher.
“They call n) YV’oed, sir,” she said.
“YY'hy did tk give you such a
name?’
“‘Cause she 4>ved so fast," inter
posed YVindin’ Riles.
As no other {pils came, Ha^ .-Jd
decided to go aha regardless of num
bers. It was wit some trouble that
tho two studentstould be classified.
Windin’ Blades li only one book, a
tattered copy of Paradise Lost,” of
which he could read a line, and
Weed had broug a work treating of
agriculture amo the ancient Egyp
tians.
“Whore did ;i get these books?”
asked the teach
“A tramp giv im to us for a jug of
buttermilk,” re )d YY'indin’ Blades.
“Can your fa r read?”
“He can rc little books, but ho
can’t road one ! big as this one."
Jau doubtless road?”
turniug to tho Mil.
“She can’t vU now, but she uster
could.” T- ^ '
“Why can’t sha lead now?"
"Because the book she learned to
read is dun lost. Hero comes pap.”
Cld man Socklaster entered, nodded
and said;
“Mornin’ to you, tnoridn’, sir. Got
sorter slim prospockJ’ ^
“Yes, the children don’t appear to bo
coming very fast.”
Old Socklaster was not disappointed
at the "slim prospe<£.” In fact he
was rather pleased to note what en
couragement, beyond \ his neighbors,
ho was giving to the tauso of educa>-
tion.
“I reckin’ you’re goi*’ to go right
on with the undortakit’ jes' the same
as if yoif had a whole passel of
scholars?”
“Yps,” said Hayloid. “I came here
to teach, and so long as I can secure
the attendance of a single pupil, I shall
continue to make my efforts in behalf
of learning.”
“Glad to know it. You're tho only
right sort of a teacher wc’vo had in
this community for some time.”
“By the way, Mr. Socklaster, those
books which your children have been
provided with are by no means ap
propriate.”
“What’s the matter with ’em.”
“One treats of agriculture several
thousand years ago, tolling of wooden
plows and ox threshing machines, the
other is a book which only advanced
Students can read and understand.”
"Wall, the feller we got , iM at said
they was good books, and older
man than you are. Better Ifet ’sin wor
ry along with them books nwhile, an’
arter they’ve don learnt all tibara is in
’em, w’y then I’ll git some better ones.
Good day. Wush you mighty well with
your undertakin.
Fortunately Hayloid had brought a
few books for beginners. He had no
trouble in effecting an exchange, for
the bright pictures at once settled the
qnestlon of their worth. Windin’ Blade
and Weed had scarcely explored the
mysteries of (he alphabet, bat they
proved to be attentive, and evinced
snob a desire to learn that Hayloid did
not regret having commenced with
“such Him prospecks.”
The teacher boarded in a quiet fam
ily, where the sunlight that a little
child brings is unknown, where a deal
old man and a knitting old woman sat
aown nightly to the exploration of
their own thoughts. All that Hayloid
could get out of thfe old man was “nah”,
—with one hanffbehind his ear—wad as
the old lady seemed to drop a stitch
bvery time he eftdreeeed her, she wes
allowed to pursue an uninterrupted
courea of eelf investigation.
Windin' Blades and Weed, day by
day, continued to be the only pupik.
Coin was "laid by,” and farmers’ boys
n»d ho particular work to perform, ynk
the census of the school remained the
To watch the development of
Weed a Bond was? an interesting study.
» - Wn ‘
yon aro
sion for carrying grasshoppers in his
pockets. These insects occupied his
entire time on tho playground, and at
last, after much experiment, he suc
ceeded In harnessing them to a dimin
utive wagon which he had constructed.
The teacher remonstrated with him
concerning this useless absorption, and
onco he spoke to his father, but the old
man instead of being displeased smiled
until the tobacco juice ran out of the
corners of his mouth.
“Let him go, ” he replied. “I was
sorter o’ that turn myself when I was a
boy, an’ daddy allowed I wouldn’t
amount to nothin’, but arter a while I
turned out to bo the best plow hand in
tho country.”
Winter came, and still no other pu
pils appeared. By tho bright log nre,
while the snowstorm raged outside,
Hayloid found himself better contented
than he had ever been before, and his
interest, instead of growing less; be
came greater. The teacher had at first
decided that he would not beg for pu-
S 'ils, and on no occasion did he ask the
armors to send their children. He
was treated politely, yet he could see
that the people* of the neighborhood
cared nothing for his society, but as
this indiflerenco was mutual he spent
very little time in regret.
One day YY’indin’ Blades failed to
como, but Wood, with her face all
aglow with healthful exercise, came as
usual. YVheu she had hung up her
homespun cloak, and shaken the snow
from the bright hair, Hayloid asked:
“Where is your brother?”
“Ho ain’t here.”
“I see he’s not here, but where U
ho?”
“At home.”
“Why didn’t he come?”
"Had to go to mill.”
“Weed, don’t you think
learning very rapidly?”
‘•Yes, sir.”
“I don’t think I ever saw anyone
make such progress. You have a fiue
order of mind, and I hope that after I
leave the neighborhood you will pursue
your studies still.”
‘ You aro not thinking about leaving
are you?" looking up with eyes in
which there lurked shadows of sad
ness.
“1 shall not leave immediately, but
in justice to myself Icanuot remain here
much longer.”
She twisted tho llax home-made but
ton on her dress, and gazed fixedly in
to tho roaring fire.
“Do you want mo to stay here?” he
asked.
“Yes,” twisting tho button.
“But vou know I cannot stay here
always.”
“No,” she replied with brightening
eyes, “wo cannot stay anywhere al
ways. Wo have to die sometime.'”
"YY’hy, YY’eed, you are running ahead
of your studies. You have jumped
from the fourth reader to an advanced
book of philosophy.”
She did not thoroughly comprehend
his meaning, but’ she laughed and be
stowed on aim a glance which forever
remained npleasant memory.
“Do you, so fresh and vigorous, with
such bloom of perfect life, ever think
of dying?”
“Ifes, " she replied sadly, “my little
sister was tho picture of health, with
more bloom than I have and with a
face so bright that everybody wanted
to kiss it, but she died. YY’hen they
said that she could not get weU I did
not believe them, but one morning,
when I went to the bed and found the
bloom all gone, I knew they had told
me the truth. Now I know that any
body can die and that the bloom does
not mean life, but many times means
death.”
Ho looked at her in surprise. He had
taken great paius to correct her lan
guage, and had from day to day noted
her advancement; yet he was not pre
pared for tho expression of such views,
common enough with older people, but
rare with one so young.
“You aro right. Weed. The rose
may be bright to-day, but to-night a
frost may kill it; but we have wandered
from our subject What was I trying
to tell you, anyway?”
“About your going to leave.”
“Oh, yes. You know that I can not
remain here much longer. Very few
men would have staid this long, but L
have nothing to do—”
“And did you stay hero because you
had nothing to do?”
“I don’t exactly moan that. I mean
that I could not have remained had
other business engagements pressed
me.” .
“But you would not have como here
had other engagements pressed you.”
“You are developing tact as well as
philosophv. Now, to tell you tho truth,
after staving hero three days no busi
ness could have called me away. Only
one person could have influenced me
to leave.”
“Who?"
“You, and you atone.”’"
"How could I have had any Influ
ence P”
“You possess an unconscious influ
ence that is stronger than iron. If you
had said yon did not want me to re
main I should have gone away. I have
studied yoor face closely, and I have
ever seen, or fancied that I saw, kind-
â–  and welcome In y I
Isn’t it time to take
HayloidP”
“No* there is time for nothing but to
tell you of my deep love for you.
Weed, yon are the cause of my remain
ing here, I love you with a heart that
was never before moved.”
She had twisted off the button and
nat changing it from one hand to tho
other.
"Bo woman, no matter how culti
vated, could win my love* from you.”
"Doyou know why I learned so fastP”
tete Olked, dropping the button and
neee and welcome in your eyes.”
ce in school, Mr.
disgU^her hands.'
brigh
t mind.”
you have a
because I love yon.
t "• •tight her in his arms and was
Vesain* her lip when Windin’ Blades
burst taw “• room.
Thar tiow,” ho said, stopping in
■mant. ‘Thar non Mr. Hayloid.
Don’t mgr, nothin’ mors to me ’bjmt
hoppers. Fd rather be
gear on graaahoppera
koteh puttin' myanns
WhoopP’ qfid Windin'
ration of
lag and
fjotaU pn i
writ
goin' ter bo yer brother.”
‘Tm goin’ to toll him on you,” again
whooping and striking the table.
"I don’t see how anybody can study
when yon're keeping up such a noise.”
“Study, bar yah, whoopl” and he
raised a deafening din. “W all, ” when
he had sufficiently commemorated his
discovery, “believe I’ll go homeef thar
ain’t goin' to be no school,” and before
a protest could bo made. Windin’
Blades had leaped from tho> door and
disappeared.
“That was unfortunate,” said Hay
loid, “and I would give almost any
thing if it conld bo recalled.”
“Aro you sorry that yon told meP”
“Oh, no.”
“Then you are sorry that—that you
tried toJciss moP”
“No; for if some one had stepped in
and shot me I should not have regret
ted my action.”
“And you do love mo as truly as you
say you do?”
“Deeper than I can express, and I
want you to bo my wife.’
“Don’t you think that I am too much
of a child P”
“No, you are quite a woman. We
can study together, and your bright
mind can blossom into a flower of bril
liance and beauty.” .
They were standing in front of the
fire.
“I will be your wife.”
He took her iu his arms, and was in
tho act of kissing her when old man
Socklaster stepped into the room.
“Hello!” YY'all, by jinks, this is a
funny sort o’ school”
Hayloid stammered an unintelligible
reply.
“Sort o’ kissin’ school, an’ I most
say that if Weed has larnt as fast in
that ar branch as she has in her books,
she’s a might ap’ scholard. Can’t you
sorter ’splain yourse’l mister!”
“There is not much of an explana
tion to make, old gentleman,” replied
the teacher. “I love your daughter
and she loves me. I have asked her to
bo my wife, and she has—” — .
“Told him that I am too young,” in
terposed the blushing girl
“Wall,” said the olu man in exple
tive, for he could really say nothing,
and only said “wall” to gain time.
“YVall,” I reckon that a gal what takes
so nachul to kissin’ ain’t much too
young to get married.”
“Did you meet Windin’ Blades.”
asked the girl
“No, I hain’t seed him sense ho left
home. Here he is, now.”
“Pap, whut you reckon?”
“I reckon a good deal”
“Wall. Mr. Hayloid has beene'i liss-
in’ of Weed.” 1 '
“He’s got a right to kiss Weed. He’s
oo ver L;
How?”
“By marry in’ Weed, Wall, I reckin
tho school ’ud better break op ter ter-
day. Come an’ we’ll all go home.
Mur will be glad ter hear o’ the ’gage-
ment, for she’s mightily pleased with
Weed's lamin’. ▲ woman can go
through life er lamin’, but airter a boy
f ;ots to be bout 21 he thinks he knows
t all an' don’t lam no more.”
The old lady was indeed pleased to
hear of the engagement, and she “tuck
such a likin’ ter the young man” that
she opened the pear preserves which
which she had oeen saving for tho
preacher.
At night, while in contented htil
circle they sat by the fire, Hayloid re
marked:
“It has ever been a mystflly to me
why I did not have more pupils. I
was told that the people of tnis neigh
borhood wanted a school”
The old man laughed.
“Day after day,” continued the
teacher, “I expected to receive addi
tional encouragement, bnt as you know
I was disappointed. What kind of
people have you in this country, any
how?”
“Fust-rate folks.”
“They evidently do not care to se6
their children educated.”
“Oh, yas, they're mighty keen for
edy cation.”
“Then they certainly have £ poor
opinion of my ability as a teacher. ’
“Ah, no; they think yon're a mighty
smart man.”
“Well then, confonnd it, why didn’t
they send their children to school”
“I’m soon ter be yer daddy-in-law,
ain’t IP”
“Yes.”
“An’ yer won’t think hard o’ the ole
man if he tells yer a joke.”
“Of course not.”
“Well, when it was knowed that yer
was cornin’ here, I went ’roan' an’ told
all the folks that yer owed me money
an’ wan’t goin’ to teaoh no Chilian bat
mine. They would er sent off an' got
another teacher, but yon see I rented
tho school-honse fur a year. Now,”
and the old man laughed heartily, "I’ll
E roun’ an’ explain. Pm pretty well
ed, thank yer, an’ what I’ve got is
yourn.”
Henry and Weed now conduct one of
the tnost flourishing schools in Arkan-
saw, and old man Socklaster, it is said,
has learned to write his own name.—
Arkantavo Traveler.
Fifty years ago or so the command
ing officer in Mariazell had to send a
report to his superior. He summons
for this purpose a subaltern. “Have
you pen, ink and, paperP” "Yes,
i onr Honor.” “Good. Now write,
[ariazell the 13th; got that down?”
“Yes, your Honor.” “What have you
got?” Mariazell the 13th.” "Good; go
on; October—got that down?” "Yes,
your honor." “What have you got?”
“October." •■Good; now read it all”
“Mariazell the 13th October.” “Pro
ceed; 1813—got that downP” "Yes,
your Honor. “What have you gotP"
“1813.” “Good; now read it all to-
S ther.” “Mariazell, the 13th Octo-
r, 1813.” Well now, let’s rest an
hoar or so.”—Fliegende Blatter.
An old and skilled New York physi
cian, when interviewed on tne hot
water erase, said: "It has long been
used. It is an internal wash; nothing
more or less. As such it is excellent.
An old trainer of prize-fighters used to
tell mb about it before I had even heard
of it elsewhere. £» said ha had cured
everything fromloothachc to rheuma
tism wimk My lady patients often
beg me to prescribe it for them, and I
often do so; sometimes bs sense I
to 4e good, and some
MorttM* * wtfi do
IAfe In the White Honan ^
■ ii—.
The mansion has beantifnl points
outside, and the taste of its present
occupant has made it very handsome
within. But it is not suitable for a
private residence and a public office at
the same time. It would admirablv
moot the purpose of either; it can hard
ly serve tne uses of both. Few know
how little available space there is in it
The rooms are large, some of vast size,
bat there are not many of them The
halls aro wide, the corridors long, the
vestibules spacious. Four largo apart
ments aro allotted to the necessary
secretaries, clerks, administrative
functionaries of the government tele
graph operators and so forth. The
grand reception room occupies the en
tire east wing on the first floor; the
smaller reception room leads from it;
the state banqueting hall is an enor
mous apartment . This loaves but lim
ited space below for private needs, din
ing room and parlor. Upstairs, beside
the rooms for government work, al
ready mentioned, there is an apart
ment devoted to the meetings of the
cabinet the library, and s state cham
ber. There remain but five chambers
for the use of tho family, which, if it
happens to bo large, may overflow its
accommodations, and must be very
small to allow a suitable entertain
ment of guests, who cannot be receiv
ed in any number.
But these things, though bad enough,
are not the worst by any means. The
victim in the White House has no pri
vate life, to speak of. He belongs to
the Nation; he has been placed there
by the choice of the people, and they
assume tho right to see him as oftou as
they feel inclined, which may be at any
hour in tho day. Tho demand for ms
E rosence and service is incessant It
> forgotten, apparently, that the man
has a personal as well as an official
side, that he must be a gentleman now
and then, that he cannot bo president
all the time, that he is not the property
of tho community at large, that ho
must have his special friends, that he
must enjoy the human privilege of re
fusing the visits of strangers, that ho
is excusable for guarding against intru
sion, and has no more responsibility
outside of his official duties than tho
ordinary citizen has, who is let alone at
his home, and is at liberty to put tho
affairs of his shop behind him, when
business is over. This is no fsneied
E ricvanoe. The president is a very
usy man, full of cares, and needing
quiet, rest in the soeiety of family or
friends, more than most, together with
social amenities of a various kind. Es
pecially he needs to be for a part of
each day taken out of tho associations
of his office, and placed where his
mind can bo refreshed by other con-
oerns than those of tho public. Ho
will work better, more heartily, more
cheerfully, more effectually, for such a
respite.
There are two ways of bringing
about' this most daslrable change:
either the present edifice might be
given over wholly to business, for
which it is admirably adapted, and
even now is none too large, in which
case the president's house might be
situated wnerever convenience prompt
ed, at a distance from the building
that contained the office, where, by ap
pointment, he would find himself at
certain hours out of the twenty-four;
or the business might be carried to an
other part of the town, and the White
House be assigned to the president for
his private residence. The former plan
is preferable for several reasons. In
the first place, the mansion is designed
for a public purpose. No private
dwelling offers such facilities for recep
tions and dinners, which must be given
on a grand scale. In the next place,
the increasing business of the country
will be furthered by the aid to concen
tration that so large mansion affords.
Then the habits of the moltitnde who
flock to the house on practical errands
will not be interrupted. Experience
â– hows the difficulty, not to say the im
possibility, of breaking ap such habits,
and the removal of the preiident’s pri
vate house would render the effort to
break them ap unnecessary. The
present amphibious arrangement, be
sides betft£ s public disgrace, is a sin
gular piece of foolishness in a com
munity that prides itself on- ite good
sense in getting out of the people it
apable of
tvt
i in
employs tne utmost tney are capi
performing. The actual presfd
crippled in his working faculty by the
annoyances to which he is now snbject-
ed. A thick-skinned person may not
complain of this ceaseless notoriety,—
nay, may like it; bnt a sensitive man
mast feel it keenly. Even to a casual
observer the invasion of individual
privilege is exceedingly unpleasant to
the, eye.—0. B. Frothing ham in June
Atlantic.
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A First Lesson tn Handling aGnn.
The first thing to be learned is to
stand properly. Plant both yonr feet
natnrally and firmly on the ground, so
that the joints of your legs are neither
stiff nor bent; then lean tne upper part
of yonr body slightly forward. Grip
the gnnstock just behind’the guard
with the rig^t hand, the fore-finger
lightly touching the* foremost trigger,
that is, the trigger of tha right-hand
barrel The stock of the ran, a few
inches in front of the guard, most rest
easily in the hollow of the left hand.
Hold the muzzle of the gun up and
slanting away from yon, so that the
lower end of the bnttis jnst lower than
yonr right elbow. Now, if both ham
mers have been cocked, and yon gently
and swiftly draw the butt of the gun
up to and against the hollow of tho
right shoulder, yon will find yourself in
good position for taking aim, whiah is
beat done by keeping both «
eyes wjde
open, and looking atraiglfl over the rib
between the barrola with the right eye.
Yon will soon discover the trick cl
doing this, by fixing yonr aim with
both eyes open, aim then, holding it
perfectly steady, closing the left eye; if
the line of sight now changes, yon nave
not sighted correctly; if it remains fix
ed the aim has been taken with the
ri^htey*
careful after firing not to aet yonr
run down with tha hammer up. That
u the caose of many deplorable
dents. To avoid aemdam you must be
constantly oa the alert and cantioan,
An Amateug Carpenter.
In my opinion every professional
man should keep a chest of carpenters’
tools in bis barn or shop and ouay him
self at odd hours with them in con
structing the varied articles that are
always needed about the house. There
is a great dea| pf pleasure In feeling
your own Ind^pfendonoe of other trades,
and most especially of the carpenter.
Every now and then yonr wile will
want a bracket put np in some owner
or other, and with your new, bright
â– aw and glittering hammer von can put
np one upon which she can hang acaat-
Iron horse-blanket lambrequin, with
inflexible water lilies sowed in it. •
A man will if he tries, readily learn
to do a great many such little things
and hi*.wife will brag on him to other
ladies, and they wiif make invidions
comparisons betyrean thehr husbands,
who can’t do anything if that kind
whatever, and yon aro *%0 handy.”
Firstly, you buy a tot of amateur
tools. You do not need to say that
you are an amateur. The dealer will
find that out when yon ask him tor an
easy-running broad axe or agreen-gage
plumb lino. Ho will sell you a set' at
amateur’s tools that will be yntide of
old sheet-iron with basswood handles,
and the saw will double up like a’piece
of stove pipe.
After you have nailed a board on the
fouco successfully, you will very natur
ally desire to do something much bet
ter, more difficult. You will probably
try to erect a parlor table or a rustio
settee.
1 made a very handsome bracket last
week, and I was naturally proud of it
In fastening it together, if 1 hadn’t in
advertently nailed it to the barn floor,
I guess I could have used it very well
but in tearing it loose from the barn,
so that tho two could be used separate
ly, I ruined a bracket that was intend
ed to servo as the base, as it were, of
a lambrequin which dost $9, aside from
tho time expended on it.
During tho month of March I built
an ice-chest for this summer. It was
not handsome, but it was roomy, and
would bo very nice for the season of
1884, 1 thought. It worked pretty
well through March and April, but as
the weather begins to warm up that
ice-chest is about tho warmest place
around the house. There is actually a
f low of heat around that ice-chest that
don’t notice elsewhere. I’ve shown
it to several personal friends. They
seem to think it is not built tightly
enough for an ice-chest. My brother
looked at it yesterday, and said that
his idea of an ice-chest was that it ought
to be tight enough at least to hold the
larger chunks of ice so that they could
not escape through the pores of the Ice
box. lie said that he never built oqe,
but that it stood to reason that a re
frigerator like that ought to be con
structed so that it would keep the cows
out You don’t want a refrigerator
that the cattle can get through the
craCks and eat up your strawberries on
ice, he says.
A neighbor of mine who onco built
a hen resort of laths, and now wears a
thick thumb-nail that looks like a Bra
zil nut as a memento of that pullet cor
ral says my ice-chest is all right
enough, only that it is not suited to
this climste. He thinks that along
Behring's Strait, during the holidays,
my ice-chest would work like a charm.
And even here, he thought, if I conld
keep tho fever out of my chest, there
would be less pain.
I have made several other little arti
cle* of vertu this spring, to the con
struction of which 1 have contributed
a good deal of timo and two finger
nslls. I have also â–  awed into my leg
several times. The leg, of coarse, will
get well bat the pantaloons will not.
Parties wishing to meet me in my stu
dio during the morning hoar will tarn
into the alley between Eighth and
Ninth streets, enter the third stable
door on the left, pass around my Goth
ic horse and give the countersign and
three kicks on the door in an ordinary
tone of voice.—2KW A’v« in Demmr
Opinion. • • , _ *
A Dentist Takes a Mean Advantage.
A practical joker of the sly order is
Dr. Henderson, a Brooklyn dentist
The Doctor does not look unlike a
pious divine, and his mode of conduct-
tag himself, coupled with a sanctimon-
ions timbre of voice, completes the de-
’ m.
t is said of the Doctor that daring
one of his exciting political campaigns
he was bit in the eye by a prize-fighter.
He was, of coarse* too much of a gen
tleman to engage in a scrimmage when
he knew the odd* were against mm; so
he quietly bided his time. Some months
later the prize-fighter had a bad tooth
and dropped into the Doctor's office to
have it pulled. The latter instantly re
cognized his assailant, bat did not be
tray his emotions. Bv dint of eloquent
persuasion he indneed the prize-fighter
to take langhing-gas, and when the
ruffian had become unconscious the
Doctor’s old-time fireroturned. Har
rying over to his old friend. Prof.
William Clark, he borrowed a pair of
boxing-gloves and then returning to
the office went to work at the
fighter.
When the latter awoke he had two
handsome black eyes, and his nose was
bleeding with delightful freedom.
“Wnat is UP” asked the prize fighter,
when he opened hi* eyes.
the
«f * Jtof’
i men to be shot er
rft
by noth ctvO
i jum eaMM
— The militia
be assembled promptly. If this J»4i*
laved, their armories m
ed and their gaasmbli
Besides, ‘ _
in readiness staftagthsaa tha rsllm and
intimlda®themed Thay*ho«Jdail
be pended until the last
bayonet and rifle I
end not suited for
Bnt as soon as
police
ptjlllH
sentimentality' should
utitb. A moo tea gang, of
ers, with the criminal ohms
the top as it gains power; au
existence of society depends
bqjng promptly put down,
measures aid crnelft. Any
fleer who permits his
stoned without
court-martial. A moV never apm*
Mutes forbearance. Blank cartridges
inspire them to fresh aaanmte.
in the air hes the
l killing innocent peontfi at a
distance. Volleys aroj
sary. To detail a few
to pick off the
preferable. __
orick is shot, as a rule no more ufiU be
thrown. Four shots at Cinouinati
which killed four leaders dispersed the
mob that attacked Powell’s guafctore.
He same number fired with like sMsot
would have scattered that whisk at
tacked the jail, if they had bean the
first which had been fired by
troops. It must be remembered
no troops will stana being
being shot et without firing in
If the officers wait too long fas'
case iu the Orange riots la New York),
some one is sore to fire without orders,
bringing on a general fire which un
necessarily destroys many lives. The
troops should not allow themselves to
be besieged. Strong detachments
should traverse the streets, tha
police in dispersing all crowds and tn
clearing the streets. The mob, when
onoe broken, will never again collect.
If the militia are strong and wall dis
ciplined. and it is understood distiaetly
that they will permit no trifling, them
mere appearance la usually snffloieat.
If their condition is each that the mob
do not fear them, many lives have to
bo sacrificed before piece can be r*
itored.—“Topics of the Tim*,” to tha
June Century.
leading aggressors is far
i the thrower ot the first
•'H • *"• '»
1 -1
v-
• w—,
»» JCK —t*
a ”
to*
Two Anecdotes of Peter
Peter G
wsll-kno
a sort
flew over the
his apostolio
rht
Hei
of a
and
to strike me, for if you do*
devil gets into me, I shall give yeu the
wont whipping you ever art in-all
your Ufa.” That ended it
Another bully threete—d to
the Bar. Cartwright, who
"Sir, I never like to live In
you really intend to whip me*
and do it now.”
The bully continued his euree
throats, and the minister jumped ot
his horse, and going to aim, sail,
"Look here, you will nave to whip gw
ss you threatened, or you will hive to
stop that onrsing, or I will put 0eu hi
4he river and baptize you in the
of the devil for surely you
him.”
The bully repented, and
became one of the preacher's
friends.
prize-
your jugular.” •
Thenhe put a cork in his
la pai
mouth, extracted the tooth and c
ing him $3 for tbs'job, advised him
o to bed at
go home and j
onSA
tient’s
harg-
m to
The doctor & always doing very fan
ny things, but whenever he sees that
prize fighter he has to sot down for
shoot an hour iiy>m« cool place and
chuckle.—Few nrk Journal.
Bob Swan, of Ottumwa, Iowa, who
served as captain in the Thirteenth In
diana Infantry, applied for a pension,
nted, with 16.380 book
Which
was granted, with 96.380 back
To complete the proof his dia-
tagere wanted, but after*
in , the records
net be found, which
Bob that fct ^nte his
mustered out be wes on d< ___
elsewhere and was evidontty fotgottate
Inasmuch aa he wag n rnr
out he will draw ffi&OOO “
wings. He
ing, and was ss strong as he was brave*
At a certain camp-meeting- ho got into
trouble with a set of roughs wee had
tried to break up the aervioes. Maj. L.,
who was a prominent eitisea, though
a great “sinner,” identified himself
with the roughs, and, flying into a des
perate rage, said if he thought Cart
wright would fight him aduoThewouM
challenge him.
“Major.” the preacher answwedt "if
you challenge me I will accept It"
“WeU, sir, I dare you to mortal acro
bat.”
“All right, sir, m fight you. Aad,
sir, according to the laws of heuer I
suppose it la my right to ohooee tho.
weapons with whioh we an
“Certainly,” the Major
“WeU than* we will atop
into this lot aad get a eoupls of corn
stalks. I think lean fiadsh you with
one.”
The Major waxedhottac. He
his fists and foamed with XifU
"If i thought I could whip you I
smite you in a minst
"Yea yea Major,”
is ter asserted; but,
tho mi
can’t whip me; only don't;
n
God. you
^* r ’" 'Sit-***
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Par
Uhetei
To Keep Railroad
I Coot,
The French railway
at present engaged in a series of eaqpgv
iments from which, psrhapa our own
directors might take some hinta. WMh
hot weather coming on, or at
the ordinary course of nature ex
the problem is now to keep the i
carriages cool In France
are peeked very tight,
f o very slowly, and the
fire to arrange to deliver their humeu
cargoes at a distant
ity not quite extinct. 8o
exercised in seeking how to ooot
carriages. They have gone aa far ro
ladla for soggeatioos, aid
til with a kind
A long cylinder runs the
goto to the earriaga.
In motto* faff
* tobsnr'
tried ew
line* andoa mother a Uttle
tarot like a attached to
carriage* thamaotiou to tbs i
iagthewiagstoreutovu while!
oupants to eeeh eanfatoe «*
or arrest the stroem «* alto
tMM mre being tasted^ (top
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